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2025. A perfect storm: unprecedented expansion of the Namib Desert and cascading desertification processes in the northernmost Succulent Karoo. Journal of Arid Environments 231
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| A perfect storm_unprecedented expansion of the Namib Desert and cascading desertification processes in the northernmost Succulent Karoo.pdf | 1.49 MB |
2024. A checklist of indigenous flora in the Richtersveld National Park confirms high plant diversity in the arid north-western tip of South Africa. Koedoe 66 (1)
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| A checklist of indigenous flora in the Richtersveld National Park.pdf | 461.43 KB |
2024. Occurrence and formation of clast-free circular depressions in the southern Namib Desert, Tsau ǁKhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park, Namibia. Progress in Physical Geography 48 (2) 275-297
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| Occurrence and formation of clast_free circular depressions in the southern Namib Desert.pdf | 1.49 MB |
2023. Evolution at the arid extreme: the influence of climate on sand termite colonies and fairy circles of the Namib Desert. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378 20220149
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| Evolution at the arid extreme.pdf | 1.4 MB |
2023. Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region.
Organisms Diversity and Evolution 23 139-150
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| Cryptic subterranean diversity.pdf | 556.79 KB |
2023. Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia's fairy circles - A response to Getzin et al. (2022). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 60
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| Sand termite herbivory causes Namibias fairy circles_A response to Getzin et al.pdf | 443.44 KB |
2022. Bare areas caused by Hodotermes mossambicus in the northern Namib Desert. Fairy circles of the Namib Desert - Ecosystem engineering by subterranean social insects Schmiedel U, Finckh M 7 286-291
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| Bare areas caused by Hodotermes mossambicus in the northern Namib Desert.pdf | 1.54 MB |
2022. Spatial patterns and life histories of Macrotermes michaelseni termite mounds reflect intraspecific competition: insights of a temporal comparison spanning 12 years. Ecography 2022 e06306
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| Spatial patterns and life histories of Macrotermes michaelseni termite mounds.pdf | 669.08 KB |
2022. Ecological niche models of Welwitschia mirabilis and its subspecies in the Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 148 210-217
2021. Welwitschia: Phylogeography of a living fossil, diversified within a desert refuge. Scientific Reports 11
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| Welwitschia_Phylogeography of a living fossil_diversified within a desert refuge.pdf | 770.59 KB |
2021. A beneficial relationship: associated trees facilitate termite colonies (Macrotermes michaelseni) in Namibia. Ecosphere 12 (7)
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| A beneficial relationship_associated trees facilitate termite colonies in Namibia.pdf | 403.29 KB |
2020. Largest on earth: Discovery of a new type of fairy circle in Angola supports a termite origin. Ecological Entomology
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| Discovery of a new type of fairy circle in Angola supports a termite origin.pdf | 2.68 MB |
2017. Tree Species Diversity and Composition of Miombo Woodlands in South-Central Angola: A Chronosequence of Forest Recovery after Shifting Cultivation. International Journal of Forestry Research (2017)
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| Tree Species Diversity and Composition of Miombo Woodlands in South_Central Angola.pdf | 2.47 MB |
2014. The impact of livestock grazing on plant diversity: an analysis across dryland ecosystems and scales in southern Africa. Ecological Applications 24 (5) 1188–1203
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| The impact of livestock grazing on plant diversity.pdf | 1.28 MB |
2013. How can scientific information on the Okavango Region be made useful for decision making? - An integrated compilation of the first products of the project "The Future Okavango". Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region Oldeland J, Erb C, Finckh M, Jürgens N 7
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| How can scientific information on the Okavango Region be made useful for decision making.pdf | 216.38 KB |
2013. Ecology and spatial patterns of large-scale vegetation units within the central Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 93 59-79
2013. The Biological Underpinnings of Namib Desert Fairy Circles. Science
339 (6127) 1618-1621
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| Fairy circle supplementary.pdf | 3.75 MB |
Website link:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6127/1618
2011. The BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories in Africa - a standardized framework for large-scale environmental monitoring. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
184 (2) 655 - 678
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| The BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories in Africa_a standardized framework for large_scale environmental monitoring.pdf | 883.89 KB |
2010. Does using species abundance data improve estimates of species diversity from remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity?. Ecological Indicators
10 (2) 390-396
2010. Do soil properties constrain species richness? Insights from boundary line analysis across several biomes in south western Africa. Journal of Arid Environments
74 (9) 1052-1060
2010. Mapping bush encroaching species by seasonal differences in hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing
2 1416 - 1438
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| Mapping bush encroachment in central Namibia.pdf | 1.01 MB |
2010. Combining vegetation indices, constrained ordination and fuzzy classification for mapping semi-natural vegetation units from hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment
114 (6) 1155-1166
2008. Factors affecting fruit set in Aizoaceae species of the Succulent Karoo. Basic and Applied Ecology 9 401-409
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| Factors affecting fruit set in Aizoaceae species of the Succulent Karoo.pdf | 4.43 MB |
2007. North-South cooperation through BIOTA: an interdisciplinary monitoring programme in arid and semi-arid southern Africa: news and views. South Africa Journal of Science
102 (5-6) 187-190
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| North-South cooperation through BIOTA.pdf | 579.31 KB |
2006. Succulent Karoo Biome. Strelitzia 19 221-299
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| Succulent Karoo Biome.pdf | 10.46 MB |
2005. A numerical re-evaluation of the sub-Saharan phytochoria of mainland Africa. Biologiese Skrifter
55 229 - 252
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| A numerical re_evaluation of the sub_Saharan phytochoria of mainland Africa.pdf | 971.76 KB |
2004. A first classification of the vegetation of the Richtersveld (RSA) and directly adjacent regions in Namibia and South Africa. Schumannia 4 149-180
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| A first classification of the vegetation of the Richtersveld and directly adjacent regions in Namibia and South Africa.pdf | 3.47 MB |
2004. Ionen- und Wasserhaushalt von Brownanthus pseudoschlichtianus (Aizoaceae<) im Richtersveld (Sukkulenten-Karoo, Südafrika). Biodiversity and Ecology
2 127-132
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| Ion and water balance of Brownanthus pseudoschlichtianus.pdf | 380.34 KB |
2004. Habitat ecology of southern African quartz fields: studies on the thermal properties near the ground. Plant Ecology
170 (2) 153-166
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| Habitat ecology of southern African quartz fields.pdf | 685.63 KB |
2002. Vegetationsgeschichte und Nutzung pflanzlicher Ressourcen in Kaokoland - Stabilität oder Wandel?. (77) 119-136
2002. Untersuchungen zur Steuerung der Lebensformzusammensetzung der Quarzflächen im ariden südlichen Afrika. Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft 14 45–58
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| Untersuchungen zur Steuerung der Lebensformzusammensetzung der Quarzflaechen im ariden suedlichen Afrika.pdf | 8.44 MB |
2000. Climate patterns and their impact on the vegetation in a fog driven desert: the central Namib Desert in Namibia. Phytocoenologia
30 (3-4) 567-589
2000. Vegetation along climate gradients in Kaokoland, north-west Namibia. Phytocoenologia 30 (3 - 4) 543 - 565
2000. The Arid Scenario: Inselbergs in the Namib Desert Are Rich Oases in a Poor Matrix (Namibia and South Africa). Inselbergs: Ecological Studies 146 237-257
1999. Community structure on unusual habitat islands: quartz-fields in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Plant Ecology
142 (1-2) 57-69
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| Community structure on unusual habitat islands.pdf | 27.07 KB |
1999. Remarkable medium-term dynamics of leaf succulent Mesembryanthemaceae shrubs in the winter-rainfall desert of northwestern Namaqualand, South Africa. Plant Ecology
142 (1-2) 87-96
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| Remarkable medium_term dynamics of leaf succulent Mesembryanthemaceae shrubs.pdf | 24.37 KB |
1998. Floristic affinities of an inselberg archipelago in the southern Namib desert—relic of the past, centre of endemism or nothing special?. Journal of Biogeography
25 (2) 311-317
1997. Floristic biodiversity and history of African arid regions. Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (3) 495-514
1991. A new approach to the Namib Region. Vegetation 97 (1) 21-38
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00033899